Telegram holder



J. A. HULIT.

TELEGRAM HOLDER.

APPLICATION man Nov. 23. 1921.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922,

kfo/in a Hulii hittE J' OHN A. HULIT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TELEGRAM HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

Application filed. November 23, 1921. Serial No. 517,215.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: A. Hour, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Telegram Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for telegrams and other articles oflike nature.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel andimproved "form of holder which will hold a telegram or other article, inthe desired manner, so that the telegram or other article may beobserved and removed, and whereby the use of the holder in this way ispossible without danger of tearing the telegram or other sheet of paper,as will hereinafter more fully appear.

T 0 these and other useful ends the invention consists in mattershereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawingsin which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a holder involving the principles of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing a different side of the device.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a base 1 upon which ismounted an upright standard 2 having a spring 3 at the upper endthereof. Said standard 2 is preferably a round rod, and is flattened at4 to form a seat for the flat portion 5 of said spring. A screw 6 isinserted as shown to clamp said portion 5 against said seat, so that thespring is held firmly but can be removed at will. The top of the springhas an arch 7 to clear the top of the standard, and the lower end of thespring is bent inward and upward to form a curved portion 8 which ispresented to the side of the standard. A screw 9 is inserted through thestandard and through the portion 5 to engage the inner surface of thespring at the other side of the standard. By this screw the spring canbe regulated to cause it to bear with more or less pressure against thestandard or to permit a slight space, if necessary, between the standardand the portion 8 of said spring. Such adjustment, of course, is withreference to the thickness of the telegram or other sheet of paper(shown in dotted lines at 10) and serves to prevent tearing of thepaper. A telegram, for example, is on thin paper, and it is placedquickly in the holder by theoperator and is then grabbed off by themessenger, the telegram being thus held in a c0nspicu-- ous position, sothat the messenger will see it and come and get it. In such case, ofcourse, the holder must be adjusted to receive the telegram quickly andeasily Without danger of tearing it, and to easily release it whengrasped by the messenger or other person whose duty it is to take thetelegram away from the operators desk.

When a proper adjustment is obtained, a

lock nut 11 on the screw 9 is then screwed up tight against the portion5 of the spring, and against the standard. Thus the adjusting means notonly assist in holding the spring on the standard, but also a flat seatis provided for the lock nut. The spring can be taken off if it needsbending or re-shaping, or if it needs cleaning or other attention.

The screws 6 and 9 are interchangeable, and can be transposed, if suchis desirable or necessary, so that the screw 8 can be either above orbelow the adjusting screw, as conditions may require.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a holder, a standard, a base there for, a spring extending upwardand then over the top of the standard and then downward a distance tobear against one side thereof, with an arch in the top of the spring toclear the top of the standard,

means to secure the spring to the other side of the standard near thetop thereof, the lower end portion of the spring being curved tofacilitate access between it and the side of the standard, a screwinserted through the standard to bear against the inner surface of thespring, whereby to regulate the action of the spring relatively to thethickness of the article to be held in place, and a lock nut on saidscrew to bear against the standard.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said means for securing thespring in position comprising a screw whereby the spring is removahlyheld flatwise against the standard, and the lower end of the springbeing bent inward and upward, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a holder, the combination of a standard, a spring on the upperportion of said holder, extending downward to exert its tension to clampa sheet of paper against the standard, and adjusting means engaging anintermediate portion of said spring to delicately regulate said springby moving it toward or away from the standard, so that the spring willbear with more or less friction against the surface of thesheet topermit easy insertion and removal of the paper. a

' 4. A structure as specified in claim 3, and means to preserve thedesired adjustment of said means.

9 5. A structure as specified in claim 1, said screw being insertedthrough the mounted portion of the spring whereby the lock nut clampsthis portion of the spring in place on the standard.

6. A structure as specified in claim 8, said adjusting means servingalso to clamp the mounted portion of the spring on the standard.

7. A structure as specified in claim 1, said means to screw the springin place being a screw which is interchangeable with said firstmentioned screw, whereby the two screws may be transposed, so thateither screw may be above the other.

JOHN A. HULIT.

